packsaddle 753 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 And I have an Alferd Packer t-shirt, one of my favorites right along with the FloriBama mullet toss and the gorgeous red-head saying, well...can't repeat that here. But the A.P. t-shirt came with a long list of culinary themes from Alferd Packer days of yesteryear. And who sponsors Alferd Packer Day? Why it is the U. of Colorado Food Service, who else!? What a great sense of humor! I greatly enjoyed the few moments when the Robber Barons almost came to be. But I do really like the slugs. After all, the invertebrates are terribly under-represented as mascots. Link to post Share on other sites
Rooster7 11 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 For your amusement: http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=192374&origin=http://www.funtrivia.com/quizlistgold.cfm_QN_player=rosieg823 Link to post Share on other sites
EagleInKY 14 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Semper got them. The Crimson Tide and the Green Wave. Both are singular nouns. (Actually, Notre Dame Fighting Irish is plural, "Irishes" is not a word.) Well done. Link to post Share on other sites
EagleInKY 14 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Well, after looking at Rooster's quiz, I have to beg forgiveness. I guess one problem with useless trivia is that it becomes even more useless over time. It looks like a few other schools would now fit the criteria (St. Johns and Syracuse at the least). I stand corrected.... Link to post Share on other sites
SemperParatus 1 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 They'll always be the OrangeMEN to me! Any other teams named after a fruit? Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Awhile back the University of Hawaii was known as the rainbow warriors, they even had a nifty rainbow on their helmets, then the rainbow became to be used as a symbol of non-scouting behavior. Now they are just the Warriors and the rainbow is no where to be seen. On a nod to political correctness, growing up in Illinois, during the high school basketball tournament I always marveled that the Pekin, Illinois team was known as "the Chinks". I hope most here would agree that changing the name to the Dragons in 1981 was the right thing to do, or does anybody think a high school should be able to call itself the chinks? Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Of course not. From Merriam-Webster: Main Entry: chink Pronunciation: 'chi[ng]k Function: noun Etymology: probably alteration of Middle English chine crack, fissure 1 : a small cleft, slit, or fissure 2 : a weak spot that may leave one vulnerable 3 : a narrow beam of light shining through a chink Link to post Share on other sites
SemperParatus 1 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 One of those colleges in California (can't remember which one, maybe Long Beach) has a baseball team officially named the Dirtbags. I always that was very clever for inane college students. Link to post Share on other sites
Trevorum 24 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Wasn't Alferd Packer the fellow who ... hey! I want one of those T-shirts, too! (don't you just love the way a discussion thread twists and turns!) Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 then again The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Chink n 1: offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent [syn: Chinaman] 2: a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall 3: a short light metallic sound [syn: click, clink] v 1: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink] 2: fill the chinks of, as with caulking 3: make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" [syn: check] The point is the term PC is pretty much reviled as being stupid and moronic, but there is a basis for it. It wasnt that long ago comedians would make careers out of playing drunks (see Foster Brooks)because society doesnt see anything funny about alcoholism anymore. You wont see a Black face Minstrel Show anymore, becuase society doesnt think that white people paiting their face black and acting as Steppin' Fetchit charactors is all that entertaining. I remember comedy sketches about being in special class, riding the short bus, etc and now thats seen as offensive,,, Society changes, and sometimes they get it right Link to post Share on other sites
wyomingi 10 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Threadjack! If you guys don't stop getting along and having fun OGE is going to have to move this thread out of the issues and politics forum. Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 At Alferd Packer's first trial the judge reportedly said, "There was seven Democrats in Hinsdale County and you ate five of them." H'mmm, maybe that explains some of the red states. Wyomingi, did you notice that OGE is, ...how do I put this..., one of the offenders? Link to post Share on other sites
OldGreyEagle 5 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 ? Link to post Share on other sites
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